By the Way

By the way, did you know that Vocalo collaborates with community partners to bring you voices and conversations you cannot hear anywhere else on public radio? Well, we do. We curate the best of these collaborations and present them to you as part of the ‘By the Way’ series on Vocalo 89.5 FM.

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Vocalo's partnership program is funded in part by the McCormick Foundation.

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With chirping birds in the background, Tia Dunlap talks about some of the darker aspects of her neighborhood.

This piece was adapted from an audio slide show created by Tia, a student at Street Level Youth Media in Chicago. It was for a digital photography program called Exposures.

for more pieces from this program, visit: https://soundcloud.com/vocalos-by-the-way/sets/street-levels-exposures-in

for more on Street Level Youth Media, visit: www.street-level.org/

SLYM’s exposures program showcase dj collective

It's Back to School Time. We're flipping the script and featuring youth voices →

It’s back to school time.

You can feel that energy in the air as students head back to class and rededicate themselves to learning.

(At CPS schools this week, there’s another energy coming from the Chicago Teachers’ Union strike, but that’s another convo.)

The way school typically works is: young people learn from adult teachers. We’re flipping the script a little bit for our back to school special.

We’re highlighting youth voices, with the idea that we’ll learn a thing or two from them.

Every story, essay, poem and song in this playlist was created by youth.

Contributions came to us from Vocalo partners, including The Mash, Free Write Jail Arts, &Chain Reaction.

John Quail from Friends of the Chicago River tells the truth about what is and isn’t in the river.

Ted Wacholz, President of the Eastland Disaster Historical Society, describes Chicago’s greatest tragedy. Originally aired on 4 Star History Episode 7 on Vocalo 89.5 FM on 8/8/2012.

The official Global Girls cheer.

Global Girl media screening at Westinghouse. Wait til you see the Chicago Global Girl Media contingent’s video docs. #youthmedia

Question: What is your fave film shot in the Chi?

Anyone?

Beuller?

Tell us at 4 Star History.

What is your fave film shot in the Chi?

Tell us on 4 Star History.

What’s your fave film shot in Chicago?

12p CST Today on 4 Star History from the Chicago History Museum, we’re talking about Chicago film history, and representations of Chicago in popular film.